oilcloth vs cloth

oilcloth and cloth both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
oilcloth	Yes	No	No	No
cloth	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cloth is a hypernym of oilcloth; that is, cloth is a word with a broader meaning than oilcloth:

oilcloth: cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of oilcloth include fabric, material, textile.

oilcloth (noun)	cloth (noun)
cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers